Pint capacity tankard

There was a Cock & Bottle tavern at the corner of Cannon Street and Lawrence Pountney Hill (Three Cranes Wharf) between c.1670 and 1853 (Lillywhite, 1972, - 4981). The Museum of London has a complete delftware tile panel from this tavern (Acc. no. 7142) of late 17th or early 18th century date. The wharf took its name from the ‘three strong cranes of timber placed on the Vintry…by the Thames side’ which were used to unload French wines and other sorts of merchandise (see J Stow, A Survey of London, ed. C. L. Kingsford (Oxford, 1908) I, 239. This vessel weighs 564g, with a vol. c. 18fl. oz.